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8963482604Ghost DanceNative American cultural experience0
8963485313John D. RockefellerStandard Oil1
8963489256Wounded KneeUS Soldiers killed large numbers of Souix2
8963497590Interstate Commerce ActLaw designed to regulate railroad industry3
8963506025Plessy v. FergusonSeparate but Equal4
8963506051Gospel of WealthIdea of Carnegie; rich have a duty of philanthropy5
8963516543Laissez-FaireGovernment does not interfere with economy6
8963519147NAWSAGroup fighting for women's suffrage7
8963521839Bessemer Processturning iron into steel8
8963523831Andrew CarnegieCarnegie Steel9
8963526161Homestead StrikeStrike against steel mills10
8963530389SharecroppingSystem where one could rent land and pay owner portion of crops at the end of the season11
8963537079Custer's Last StandBattle of Little Bighorn; Sioux and Sitting Bull massacre US Army12
8963547445Social DarwinismThe strongest businessman will survive13
8963550081Sherman Antitrust ActLaw making monopolies illegal; ineffective14
8963555007JP MorganRobber Baron of banks and finance15
8963558801Pullman StrikeLarge railroad strike16
8963561805Transcontinental RailroadRailroad stretching from Atlantic to Pacific17
8963564266American Federation of Laborlarge labor union with specific reform goals18
8963572858Populist PartyParty devoted to the people19
8963576407Dawes ActSplitting of reservations; land given to Native Americans or sold to white settlers20
8963579662GrangeGroup of angry farmers fighting railroad21
8963581870Chinese Exclusion ActStrong quota against Chinese immigrants22
8963585277Hull HouseSettlement house settled by Jane Addams23
8963620618AssimilationProcess where the dominant group forces their culture on other groups24
8963623663Gilded AgeTerm used to describe serious social problems masked with a thin golden economic progress; coined by Mark Twain25
8963630433SocialistOne who believes in the ownership and control of the major means of production by the whole community rather than by individuals and corporations (or the government)26
8963639828AnarchistAgainst government of all forms27
8963644114TenementApartment building style building to live in; usually poor and overcrowded28
8963648041ProhibitionAlcohol is illegal29
8963652575Vertical IntegrationOwning all steps of the manufacturing process-Carnegie Steel30
8963655942Horizontal IntegrationBuying out competing companies in the same industry-Standard Oil31
8963670285Knights of LaborLabor union that organized a wide range of workers-skilled and unskilled; broad reform goals32
8963677012Haymarket RiotLabor dispute in Chicago that ended with a bomb thrown at police; many deaths; public opinion turns against organized labor33
8963697288UrbanizationGrowth of cities34
8963700958Political MachineUnofficial political organization; promised to solve urban problems in exchange for votes; usually corrupt35
8963708133Tammany HallPolitical machine in NYC led by Boss Tweed36
8963711995William Jennings BryanPopulist (later official Democratic) presidential hopeful that pushed for the silver standard37
8963723782Industrial RevolutionPeriod characterized by rapid social and economic changes in manufacturing and agriculture; started in England and later moved to US38
8963730845Jane AddamsReformer who helped poor immigrants; established Hull House39
8963739132Compromise of 1877Troops were removed from South-North wins Hayes as President; marks the end of Reconstruction40
8963743230Jim Crow LawsSegregation laws in the south41
8963746369Yellow JournalismSensational and exaggerated news stories42
8963748681ImperialsimWhen a stronger country takes over a weaker country43
8963762459Yellowstonefirst national park44
8963764664Panic of 1873Financial panic where banks closed and stock market crashed45
8963770269Robber BaronsIndustrialists who gained LOTS of wealth by exploiting employees; drove out competitors; owned monopolies46
8963777930Captains of IndustryOwners of large industrial enterprises who helped boost economy and push the US in a positive direction47
8963787926Ellis IslandImmigration processing center in NY48
8963815172Angel IslandImmigrant processing station on West Coast49
8963915566WEB DuBoisfought for racial equality50
8963915594Susan B. AnthonyBig figure in the fight for women's suffrage51
8963919525Teddy RooseveltPresident focused on conservation52
8963921449Ida B. WellsFought for the advancement of African American women53
8963925106Upton SinclairMuckraker; author of the Jungle54
8963928549Robert La FollettePolitical reformer from Wisconsin55
8963931722Frances WillardFought for prohibition56
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